State v. Mabery

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Appeal from judgment of conviction and 10-year sentence on jury verdict finding appellant guilty of robbery in the first degree with a deadly weapon.

James F. Reno closed the Isis Recreation and Pool Hall at 3133 Troost Avenue in Kansas City on July 27, 1967, at about 1:30 A.M. He and his assistant, Maletta, went down the stairs to the street level where they were accosted by four youths whom Reno had seen earlier in the evening in the pool hall. Two of the boys had guns and Reno and Maletta were told to “get back up the steps. This is a holdup.” They did as they were…